Brazil Museum Fire: Prized 'Luzia' Fossil Skull Recovered
Most of the skull from a prized 12,000-year-old fossil nicknamed Luzia has been recovered from the wreckage of a fire in Brazil's National Museum. The 200-year-old building in Rio de Janeiro burned
down in September, destroying almost all of its artefacts. But on Friday the museum's director announced that 80% of Luzia's skull fragments had been identified.
The human remains - the oldest ever found in Latin America - were viewed as the jewel of the museum's collection. The museum staff said they were confident they could recover the rest of Luzia's skull and attempt reassembly. "They've suffered alterations, damage but we're very optimistic at the find and all it represents," archaeologist Claudia Rodrigues was quoted as saying.
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